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Actor Jeff Daniels gives sound advice to theater students

By Sarah Hutchins · Thursday, Sept. 27,2007 10:21 p.m.

Actor Jeff Daniels learned to approach acting from what he calls “the psychiatrist’s couch.” When the “Dumb & Dumber” star moved to New York to begin his acting career, he learned to become vulnerable, a skill he considers vital for every aspiring actor.

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Blown-glass pumpkins decorate town

By Kristin Riccardo · Thursday, Sept. 27,2007 10:20 p.m.

Picking out the perfect pumpkin can be tedious sometimes – even more so when the “pumpkins” come in different shades of blown glass, as they will this weekend at a downtown pumpkin patch.

Lotus Festival

Lotus Festival: Blending culture, arts, music

By Chelsea Merta · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 11:01 p.m.

This weekend Bloomington will play host to the fall’s cultural equivalent of Little 500. Years of hard work, dozens of musicians and artists and more than 10,000 energetic attendees will combine for the 14th annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival beginning tonight. The musical acts will travel from as far as halfway around the world and from as close as the local community to entertain anticipated thousands.

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House hearing criticizes sex, violence in hip-hop

By Jim Abrams · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers, music industry executives and rappers disagreed Tuesday over who was to blame for sexist and degrading language in hip-hop music but united in opposing government censorship as a solution.

PEOPLE HENRY WINKLER

Tourist group raising funds for statue of the Fonz

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:37 p.m.

MILWAUKEE –The Fonz in bronze? It could happen. Visit Milwaukee, a group that promotes the city as a tourism and convention destination, is leading an effort to raise money for a bronze sculpture of the character played by Henry Winkler on TV’s “Happy Days,” which was set in Milwaukee.

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Around the Arts

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:36 p.m.

‘Knocked Up’ When: 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., today, Friday and Saturday Where: Whittenberger Auditorium, IU Memorial Union, 900 E. Seventh St. More Information: Union Board presents “Knocked Up” as part of its weekly movie series. Tickets are free for IUB students, $2 for non-students.

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Mathers to display new Afghanistan photographs

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:35 p.m.

A new photography exhibit titled “Afghanistan: A Doctor Returns from Exile,” opens Friday at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave.

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What is art?

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:34 p.m.

There is an affliction that has taken our generation by the throat. No, it isn’t Attention Deficit Disorder or obesity. It is the complete and utter numbness to everything going on around us.

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Gallery owner to present own work

By Whitney Biber · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:33 p.m.

Painter, video artist and musician Ryan Woods is unveiling his never-before-seen 2007 exhibit from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Bloomington Art Hospital, located at 1021 S. Walnut St.

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Milan Fashion Week begins with Armani

By Daniela Petroff · Tuesday, Sept. 25,2007 9:15 p.m.

MILAN, Italy – Showing Giorgio Armani on the first day of the Milan fashion week is like serving dessert before the main course. After such a treat, is there room for more?

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Le Dernier Cri

By Claire Burke · Tuesday, Sept. 25,2007 9:15 p.m.

A fashion trend that I will never understand is the public’s fascination with Crocs. The idea of foam resin clogs that look like a clown shoes has never been appealing to me. I don’t care how comfortable they are supposed to be, I cannot accept them as a legitimate form of footwear.

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All 10 plays of ‘The August Wilson Century Cycle’ to be available in boxed set due out next week for $200

By Michael Kuchwara · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 7:51 p.m.

NEW YORK – It’s called simply “The August Wilson Century Cycle” – 10 plays celebrating the black experience in 20th-century America – one for each decade. And now Wilson’s masterworks are available in one place: a 10-volume, hardcover, boxed set, to be published Oct. 1 by Theatre Communications Group at a special introductory price of $200.

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Letters from abroad

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 7:49 p.m.

BOLOGNA, Italy – When you think of medieval times, the first thing that probably comes to mind is knights in shining armor on their valiant steeds, off to the joust to win the hearts of their ladies fair.

Brandon Foltz

Bloomington Variety Show a success at Waldron

By Elvia Malagon · Sunday, Sept. 23,2007 8:22 p.m.

Belly dancers, magicians, jugglers and musicians gathered Saturday at the John Waldron Arts Center for the two-hour Bloomington Variety Show sponsored by the Bloomington Area Arts Council and the Bloomington Musicians and Songwriters Association.

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